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NAGARI SUNGAI PINANG

Nagari Sungai Pinang is a small fishermen village located about one hour by bus from Padang, the capital city of West Sumatra.
This close paradise is a closely guarded secret as not many people know about this village, especially travelers .

MEET THE MENTAWAÏ PEOPLE

EXPLORE UMATRA

Personalized trip in West Sumatra. With Ricky, your guide, you can visit Bukittinggi where you can walk into the traditional market, see the local Big Ben (Jam gadang), the lake Maninjau with its wonderful panorama, or to Harau valley...

Hi everybody,
We get great news to share with you today.
Our NGO, Yayasan bumi anak created last year, with the nice help of Tatiana Koehler, a French artist, offered to the Nagari Sungai Pinang playground school some stuff such pens, books, papers, color pencils…

Our Values & Commitments

Authentic Sumatra is a good sustainable ecotourism project in the small village of Nagari Sungai Pinang, in west Sumatra, Indonesia.

We help the development of the village, thanks to the people, the friends, who will come to visit us in Ricky's Beach House.
Authentic Sumatra and Ricky's Beach house opened in May 2010 and since gives job to about ten villagers, helps the village and its inhabitants.

We have the Beach House and 3 bungalows and we do not want to built more as we wish to keep the genuine soul of the village. We do not wish to end up becoming a mass tourism industry and lose our identity.

Testimonials

Jonny & Claire, Liverpool, UK

A genuine, authentic and fantastic experience. Ricky and the crew are the most welcoming, respectful and fun people you will meet on your travels, they made our last week in Indonesia very special, and gave us memories that we will always remember.

I would recommend this to anyone wanting to experience a genuine Indonesian way of life, and we will definitely be visiting again soon!

Petra Gerken

If you want to spend some unforgetable days in a typic moslem village with beautiful beach, surfing, swimming, relaxing, enjoying: go to Autentic Sumatra…

Friendly people, great atmosphere, fun, friends. Maybe you are able to attend a local wedding or another religious ceremony.
Have been to Mentawai? Recover at Ricky´s !!